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(
c.1185; MS: s.xiiim
)
Ipomedon mut s’esvertue, Loinz del cheval el champ l’estrue (=the shield)IpomBFR 3677
(
c.1240; MS: c.1300
)
Mes le deble mult s’evertue, Kant veit ke a poi est vencue
Mir N-D 69.74
♦
to prevail, gain the upper hand:
(
1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4
)
si en loe Jhesu Crist K’il lui aveit doné tel drue En qui chastee s’esvertue
S Edwbarking 1392
s'esvertuer sur
mil.to concentrate one's efforts on, fight hard against:
(
s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim
) Membre toi de tun poeple, nel laissier esguaré, Car trop se Sunt [cil] Turc sur nos avertué (var.
(S: c.1400) esvertué
)Siege Antiochemeyer 34.60 (var.)
esvertuer (1163-70)